TCA writes letters

5/25/07

TCA is squirming.

To know how much the OC power structure
has riding on the 241 going all the way to San Onofre, you have to attend OCTA's, what they call - SoOCTraffic reDesign Workshop's. These are meetings held at Mission Viejo City Hall, attended by a 100 or so interested party's - From Mimi Walters office, Pat Bates office, TCA, SJC School District, Rancho Mission Viejo Corp, various home owners groups, the CHP and Sheriff's, Irvine Co, various engineering concerns from around the county (road builders etc), water district interests - it's a long list of Toll Road interested party's. And Caltrans.
And a handful of NGO's (aka real people).

Their 3rd Road Workshop was yesterday.

The reason I highlight Toll Road (with all of the other traffic snafus here in south county), TCA's 241- south extension wags our countywide traffic dog.

How do I know?

Guess what OCTA, in their computer modeling
(theoretical) 'Traffic' picture for 2030 towards 2041 doesn't include?

An alternative to the 241-ext - if NOT built?

In other words - OCTA - and whoever really is pulling OC's TCA toll-roads-strings, currently have nothing-on-the-books - "NOTHING," as a Master OC Road Plan Alternative should the Trestles Toll Road die. Nothing.

OC's County Road Planning is in serious Denial.
(from the 'only' US county to ever bankrupt - from the same county-leaders that "KNEW" El Toro International was a done-deal).

Most of the players at the Table are invested business-as-usually status quo OC as OCTA buries us in Highway Computer Models R'us adnauseam 2030-2041.

Dangling the Toll Roads "go free" somewhere between 2030 / 2041.

We pointed out, a 2030 Model ain't something half of the participants at-the-table will see and that the problem / solution needs to be now.

Long story short - now the concept of the Trestles Toll Road NOT being completed is at least on the table -

Can't wait until the next Workshop - July 18.

jer